These looks are the bomb

Started watching this reality comp [Prime Video] with one of my nieces who has done a professional makeup course. She got bored halfway through Episode 1. I kept going and am now on Ep. 5. Maybe it's more fascinating to me because I had zero prior knowledge on the topic. Anyway, I have a definite favourite competitor and will continue viewing until the end (10 episodes). If you're worried about it being repetitive, challenges can involve looks from Wedding to K-Pop Video to Grunge to Futurist to Drag to Eastern Beauty... I could go on. There's even a dash of SFX makeup.

Most of the visitors are off to the seaside today, so of course, worrywart that I am, I've been warning them about sunburn, rips and other dangers. Sister AK reminded me how her childhood chum, who was a bit of a wild child, transferred a deadly blue-ringed octopus (don't ever try this!!!) from a rockpool into her home fish tank, where it proceeded to eat all of its tankmates. I was friends with said chum's older brother, who used to keep fireworks and gunpowder extracted from them in his bedroom year-round, so he could construct "bungers" (pipe bombs) when the desire arose.